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Suspending drivers licenses for 'economic crimes' problematic here and abroad

After proposing a new amnesty program last week for Texas' so-called "Driver Responsibility" surcharge, I was interested to see via the blog Pardon Power that the President of South Korea plans to pardon 1.5 million people for "economic crimes," and "in particular people who earn a living by driving but have had their drivers' license suspended," according to the Korea Herald. Apparently, South Korea's leaders believe the detriments from creating so many unlicensed drivers harms their economy more than their punishment benefits public safety.So-called "driver responsibility" programs across the United States exhibit the same problem, as described today in an editorial out of Michigan urging the state to "Declare an amnesty. Let people regain their driver's licenses if they can pay some portion of their debt...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on August 09, 2009 (boomark / email).